The Key

I think this deck is testing me by throwing out all of the cards I am not so keen on. There are some beautifully deep images in this pack, but it keeps giving me the girly pink ones, which wouldn't look out of place on my friend's 8 year old daughter's bedroom wall. At least the colours look nice against the background on the blog, I suppose.

Today's faery holds a key. From what I understand of this card, she advises us to hold something back before she grants us with it. This makes a lot of sense to me. Lucy Cavendish suggests that magick is lost if we talk too much about something before it becomes a reality. After feeling so down yesterday, a few things occurred to me. I thought of some possibilities I might try out. There is no guarantee that my ideas are feasible, but this card suggests I keep them close to my chest for now. I was going to talk about these ideas here, but with this prompt, I'll hold my tongue for a bit and let the 'magick' build up, rather than let it dissipate in talk. The key seems to act as a reward for doing so.

This deck is kind of funny. It's not the type I would have seen myself using, but at times, this kind of pack is just what I need. I can get bogged down by sifting through the symbols of tarot or the different methods of reading playing cards, and I simply need some clear advice. This deck says such things as 'hold on to information', as it does today, or 'you are supported'. A good six or so years ago, I was never one for oracles. This is possibly because I never found any that really suited. But now, I like how they can take you to so many new places. There is little to no restrictions and doing what you wish with them seems to be the rule of thumb. Even though I do think an understanding of structure and a decks symbolism is the way to begin learning the tarot, you can read most oracles out of the box. When I am feeling exhausted, the many possibilities in oracle cards wash over me and carry me into uncomplicated adventure. Once you stamp your own experience on a an oracle card or really get to know it, frilly ones like this become friends and hold the potential for a lot more power, however superficial they might seem to begin with.

There is the possibility that this card, The Keeper of Secrets, might still lay on the surface of interpretation for today and represents a holding back of the truth. Looking at her sitting on her stone seat, she could be described as The Little White Lie, since she is happy to hold knowledge back from those around her and isn't forthcoming about what is true. I can see this in me today as I play with what I choose to tell people on different levels.


Images from The Wild Wisdom of the Faery Oracle by Selina Fenech